Lisa Fleisher

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

Lisa Fleisher covers tech from London for The Wall Street Journal and focuses on privacy, semiconductors, and tech in the U.K. and Ireland.

Previously, she wrote about education in the New York area for the Journal's Greater New York section. She wrote extensively about testing and teacher evaluations in New York City schools, covered Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's donation to Newark Public Schools and highlighted major changes coming to GED testing programs nationwide. She was part of the Journal's teams covering Superstorm Sandy, the shootings in Newtown, Conn., and the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Before that, Lisa covered New Jersey and Gov. Chris Christie for the Journal. She has also worked for news organizations in Newark (NJ), Myrtle Beach (SC), Boston, Chicago and Rome.

TalkTalk, the fourth largest internet-service provider in the U.K., said customer information was accessed after a breach at a third-party company. A small but significant number of customers were affected, a spokesman said.

Uber on Thursday said it opened a type of food delivery service in Barcelona, similar to one it offers in California. Drivers' cars are stocked up with prepared meals, which are sold for about €10 plus a €2.50 delivery fee ($14).

Parliament has passed legislation that says anyone who distributes sexual images without the subject's consent – and with the intent to cause harm – could be punished with a fine and up to two years in prison.

Lawmakers have proposed that London residents can rent out their home, short-term, for up to 90 days a year, which they hope will quell concerns from local neighborhood councils that fear the creation of mini hotels in residential areas.

British law-enforcement officials accessed data concerning journalists and their sources more than 600 times during a three-year period, as part of a probe into possible criminal wrongdoing by public officials.

Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has backed currency-transfer startup Transferwise, the London-based company said, in a sign of growing interest in London tech companies among U.S. investors.